Irish Canticles for Evensong
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittus — SATB, organ, soprano and baritone soloists. Music source: Dánta Dé (An Irish Gaelic Hymnal from 1928).
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Happy Easter
SATB and organ — all texts are original or in the public domain. For my second wife, Carole.
Click to see and hear scoreHail Glorious St. Patrick
SATB a cappella. Music source: Dánta Dé (An Irish Gaelic Hymnal from 1928). Text by Sister Mary Agnes McSweeney (1823–1905).
Click to see and hear scoreAn Irish Christmas
SATB and organ. Music source: Dánta Dé (An Irish Gaelic Hymnal from 1928). All texts are original or in the public domain. Sung by the choir of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Click to see and hear scoreThe Keen of Mary
SATB a cappella and three soloists: Mary, Jesus, and John. Music and text source: Dánta Dé (An Irish Gaelic Hymnal from 1928). Sung by the choir of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Click to see and hear scoreNew Every Morning
Kedron from Southern Harmony for choir and organ. Tune by Elkanah Kelsay Dare (1799), arranged by Mark E. Maronde. Words by John Keble (1822), adapted. Sung by the choir of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, St. Paul, Minnesota. For Dr. Mark Stahura and the St. Clement's choir.
Click to see and hear scoreAn Irish Litany
SATB, organ, and one handbell. Text attributed to Mugrón, Abbot of Iona and Durrow (c. 10th century). For Dr. Mark Stahura and the choir of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Click to see and hear scoreO Mighty Nothing
Organ and choir (SATB) with trio of soloists (Alto – Narrator, Tenor – Pilate, Bass – Jesus). Text from Mark 15:2–5 and poem by Richard Crashaw (1613–1649).
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Mixed chorus SATB (divisi) and Horn in F. Poem by Robert Herrick (1591–1674).
Click to see and hear scoreCome Let Us With Our Lord Arise
Mixed chorus and keyboard (piano). Vernon from Southern Harmony (1853), arranged by Mark Maronde. Text by Charles Wesley, alt. Attr. Rhabanus Maurus, tr. John Dryden, alt. For Easter or general use.
Click to see and hear scoreFor God's Mercy Is More
For mixed chorus and solo quartet a cappella. Text by William Langland (1330?–1400?) from Piers Plowman. Sung in English and Latin. Performed by Kantorei (MN), with Brendon Bushman (oboe), and Mindy Eschedor (glockenspiel). Choir directed by Adam Reinwald. Recording by David Trembley on 12/22/2024.
Click to see and hear scorePraise Him Evermore
Unison choir (children's choir) and keyboard (piano). Text by F. Bland Tucker, alt. and Isaac Watts, alt.
Click to see and hear scoreThe Lord Is Your Door
SATB and organ — Text by Herbert Brokering. Published by Augsburg Publishing House (11-2248). Copyright reassigned to Mark Maronde in June 2025.
Click to see and hear scoreO Christ, Our Hope, Our Hearts Desire
Choir (SATB), organ, trumpet and trombone. Text: Latin Hymn, c. 8th cent.; Trans. John Chandler, 1806–1876, adapted. Original hymn anthem for Ascension.
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Barbershop quartet (TTBB) — Text by Andrew Sterling (1904).
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SATB a cappella — Psalm 117 in Latin. Sung by the choir of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Click to see and hear scoreHeaven Knows
SATB and piano. I wrote the words and music for this pop song when I was 17 and a junior in high school.
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